September 30 Open Thread

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Thu Sep 30, 2010 at 18:30:00 PM PDT

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* A judge ruled that the Governor can't unilaterally cancel holidays for state workers.

* Apparently Jerry Brown's campaign knew a couple of weeks ago about "housekeeper" problems for Meg Whitman. So, that makes what kind of case exactly?

* Two very different polls. CNN shows the big lead for Dems, while PPIC shows a near dead heat.

* PPIC also showed 52% of likely voters support Prop 19 for controlling and taxing cannabis.

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Public Policy Institute of California poll finds greater support for cannabis than candidates (0.00 / 0)

On the national NORML website, there is a graph (by PPIC)showing proposition 19 has the support of 52% of Californians.

Following behind are Feinstein at 44%, Boxer at 42%, Whitman at 38% (prior to employee scandal), Jerry Brown at 37%, and Fiorina 35%.

The idea of cannabis as political suicide for candidates seems to be an incorrect assumption. I'm guessing that if California progressives had an actual champion in congress or the senate who supported cannabis legalization that their support would likely surpass that of prop. 19 itself.

I'm extremely tempted to vote for prop. 19 in November, and forget I ever heard the names of the usual Democratic suspects.

I really don't care what they think about cannabis or hemp. What I DO CARE about is that you cannot have propaganda-as-drug-policy within a democracy. One of the key fundamentals of a democratic justice system is one based on evidence and honesty. Our current policy reflects neither position.

by: NorCalNative @ Sat Oct 02, 2010 at 19:40:32 PM UTC